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Of all the things you can donate from your body donating your poop is not the one that is the first to come to your mind. This is a real thing and has a medical use as strange and disgusting as it may seem. OpenBiome is a nonprofit company that is actually paying people for their fecal matter. You can earn up to $13,000 a year if you qualify. So apparently you can take your end result all the way to the bank.

Athletes in all sorts of sports train with weighted vests, belts, shoes, ankle weights, etc. Carrying a little extra weight (not in your hips or tummy) can help to improve your performance, if you're an athlete, or give added intensity to your workouts. The W8 FIT line of Weighted Activewear gives women the option of adding weight to their clothing to level-up their workouts.

For those Snapchat and Tinder evangelists out there, there’s a new app in town called ‘LobbyFriend’ that might be just
up your alley — or should I say, 'down in your lobby?' In today’s fast-pace
mobile world, there’s been a myriad number of apps for business and
leisure travelers. From Flip.to to Foursquare to TripAdvisor, hotel apps are now a dime a dozen, dependent on your particular preferences when traveling.

Based on traditional Alpine architecture--a sort-of modern twist on the chalet--the Huba Mountain Shelter was designed, by Malgorzata Blachnicka and Michal Holcer, to be completely self sufficient. It is a compact structure that minimizes its impact on the surrounding environment.

Sometimes you need to record phone calls. It's that simple. Whether for
business or personal reasons, I'm sure most of you have had instances
come up where a recording of a conversation would come in handy.
Writers, think of the potential with phone interviews! With Bluewire you
can record both sides of a smartphone or VOIP conversation.

Welcome to Japan, where the burgers are black, the beer is blue and the curry is pink... at least THIS curry is, thanks to a special recipe that employs pink soy sauce tinted with beet extract. Dwight Schrute would surely approve.

Textile manufacturing has been one of the world's largest sources of water pollution; that is, until now. Read on to learn more about AirDye technology, which utilizes no water in its production of fabrics.

Barbers tend to approach life with creativity, and often their shops
also offer a sense of community to those patrons that find themselves in
their chairs. So it's not a stretch that one neighborhood barbershop
would combine these two things to offer a unique service that no one
before them ever has. It's controversial, and this is one polarizing
concept you're going to really love, or really hate.

Bike lanes ensure that traffic is kept from getting to close to cyclists. However, not every avenue, street and lane have them. That's where the XFire Laser Bike Lane comes in. Not only is it a tail light for your bike, it projects a virtual bike lane from your bike.

Soon it might be time to say ‘bye-bye’ to the batteries we use in technology that we wear, like with the smartwatch, or the fitness tracker, and someday maybe even the smartphone. Researchers from the National University of Singapore unveiled a new device that they invented at the 28th IEEE International Conference on Micro Mechanical Systems (2015), which was held last week in Estoril, Portugal. The device is the size of a postage-stamp and it’s a simple skin patch that utilizes static electricity from the body and converts it into actual electrical energy.

The Origami Stroller by 4moms is the envy of all moms fighting strollers. No more sweating while you tug and pull on straps or levers. No more pinching your fingers. No more folding your stroller to only have it unfold as you lift it up to put it into your car. Origami is the world’s first power folding stroller. And if that isn’t enough it self-charges, charges your cell phone, and tells you the air temperature.

There are some cool things out there for those who like to DIY and this table is right up there. I could see my dad (who was once a shop teacher) being all over this awesome Glow Table. With the right rotting wood, and a mix of clear casting resin and blue glow in the dark powder, you can wow your friends and family.

During exercise, especially cardiovascular exercise, your heart rate (HR) is a general indicator of your exercise intensity, and so a HR monitor is helpful when you're looking to get the most out of your workout. These 5 HR monitors eliminate the bulky chest strap that's incorporated with most devices, and they measure your HR through your wrist. So if you're interested in improving your workout results without the bulk, you may want to pick up one of these top 5 wrist bands.

The Snow Crawler snowmobile concept from Polish designer Michal Bonikowski not only traverses wintry environments, it protects them as well thanks to an all-electric, environmentally friendly powertrain.

If you plan on spending a day, or a vacation, outdoors and don't want to disconnect entirely with technology, you'll need something to keep your devices charged. It's always a good move to go with a solar panel charger, but it's a better move to go with a rain resistant solar panel charger like the Levin Solstar.

The world's food supply and distribution methods are being challenged
by a growing population, climate change, over-cropped soil, chemical
contaminants and other environmental factors. The challenges are many
and so are the possible efficient solutions, and you are being invited
to develop a solution based on one of nature's ways of solving them.
Sponsored by the Biomimicry Institute and the Ray C. Anderson
Foundation, The Biomimicry Global Design Challenge (BGDC) awaits your
solution with a $100,000 "Ray of Hope" prize for the winner and access to the tools you
need to get your design manufactured and ready to go to work!

Great things have been done with the Raspberry Pi's meager specs. For DIY'ers who just need more, though, the Gizmo 2 single-board computer squeezes an AMD dual-core processor and Radeon graphics into similar dimensions, while keeping the prerequisite array of hobbyist interfaces besides somehow adding many new ones.

Portable memory storage issues getting your goat? Better get the Unique 550 goat-shaped flash drive from SP! Designed in honor of 2015, the Year of the Goat (Ram, Sheep, whatever) on the Chinese horoscope, the Unique 550 is sure to store your data in the woolliest way.

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